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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Gates & Cooper LLP (General)

46 pending office actions • 9 clients

Portfolio Summary

46
Total Pending OAs
9
Final Rejections
37
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
The Regents of the University of California 24
California Institute Of Technology 11
The Regents of the University of California 5
Vaxequity Ltd. 1
The Regents of the University of California 1
UCL Business PLC 1
Orthogonal Thinker, Inc. 1
Imperial College Innovations Limited 1
Illumina, Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18793344 ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES FOR QUANTUM CIRCUITS AND DETECTORS California Institute Of Technology HUANG, CHENG YUAN 1787 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2024
18749191 VOLUMETRIC SILICON META-OPTICS FOR COMPACT AND LOW-POWER TERAHERTZ SPECTROMETERS California Institute Of Technology YUN, JURIE 2884 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2024
18661091 DISTRIBUTED TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SENSOR USING TEMPORALLY CORRELATED PHOTONS California Institute Of Technology GAWORECKI, MARK R 2884 Non-Final OA May 10, 2024
18577358 FABRICATION METHOD FOR SMALL SIZE LIGHT EMITING DIODES ON HIGH-QUALITY EPITAXIAL CRYSTAL LAYERS The Regents of the University of California CHOWDHARY, NIMARTA KAUR 2898 Non-Final OA Jan 08, 2024
18532212 DECOMPOSABLE AND RECYCLABLE EPOXY THERMOSETTING RESINS The Regents of the University of California MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 Non-Final OA Dec 07, 2023
18476808 NOVEL COATING METHOD OF COMPLEX 3D STRUCTURES USING LOW PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION California Institute Of Technology CHEN, KEATH T 1716 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18470945 ALL-INTEGRATED COMPLEX SIGNAL GENERATION AND PROCESSING California Institute Of Technology WONG, TINA MEI SENG 2874 Non-Final OA Sep 20, 2023
18263566 MONOLITHIC, CASCADED, MULTIPLE COLOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES WITH INDEPENDENT JUNCTION CONTROL The Regents of the University of California MENZ, DOUGLAS M 2897 Final Rejection Jul 31, 2023
18360969 PROCESS FOR AREA-SELECTIVE ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS AND FILTERS California Institute Of Technology BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER 2818 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2023
18262878 A HIGHLY EFFICIENT GLYCOSYLATION CHEMISTRY ENABLED BY A DIRECTING GROUP THAT IS PART OF THE ANOMERIC LEAVING GROUP The Regents of the University of California SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1693 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2023
18352403 HOT FORMING OF CURVED MIRRORS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A MANDREL The Regents of the University of California DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER 2872 Non-Final OA Jul 14, 2023
18352175 EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE SURFACES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL GROWTH AND IMPROVED SMOOTH SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACES FOR HIGHER CHANNEL MOBILITY THROUGH THE FORMATION AND REMOVAL OF REACTIVE LAYERS California Institute Of Technology WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL 2897 Non-Final OA Jul 13, 2023
18257548 RNA CONSTRUCT Vaxequity Ltd. WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA 1634 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2023
18255307 AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE FOR MYOCARDIAL REPAIR The Regents of the University of California BARRON, SEAN C 1653 Non-Final OA May 31, 2023
18254086 CRISPR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN COMPLEX GENOME EDITING OF HUMAN INNATE IMMUNE CELLS The Regents of the University of California YU, DAVID TUYANG 1635 Non-Final OA May 23, 2023
18311469 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR AMELIORATING CREATINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS The Regents of the University of California TINSLEY, BRENDAN THOMAS 1634 Non-Final OA May 03, 2023
18248817 NITRIDE BASED ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODE WITH AN ULTRAVIOLET TRANSPARENT CONTACT The Regents of the University of California SMITH, BRADLEY 2817 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2023
18299415 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER WITH A BRCA1-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 INHIBITOR AND A DEATH RECEPTOR LIGAND UCL Business PLC DENT, ALANA HARRIS 1643 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2023
18248623 SMALL SIZE LIGHT EMITING DIODES FABRICATED VIA REGROWTH The Regents of the University of California HSIEH, HSIN YI 2899 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2023
18248740 METHOD OF TRANSFERRING A PATTERN TO AN EPITAXIAL LAYER OF A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE The Regents of the University of California QI, HUA 1714 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2023
18187419 TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSDUCTION AND STORAGE OF QUANTUM LEVEL SIGNALS California Institute Of Technology CHANG, JOSEPH 2849 Non-Final OA Mar 21, 2023
18044000 COMBATING COVID-19 USING ENGINEERED INKT CELLS The Regents of the University of California HILL, KEVIN KAI 1638 Non-Final OA Mar 03, 2023
18043882 IMPROVED HIGHLY POTENT SPECIFIC HUMAN KUNITZ INHIBITOR OF FIBRINOLYTIC ENZYME PLASMIN The Regents of the University of California FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 Final Rejection Mar 02, 2023
18175378 METHOD FOR GENERATION OF RANDOM QUANTUM STATES AND VERIFICATION OF QUANTUM DEVICES California Institute Of Technology HALES, BRIAN J 2125 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2023
18078403 IN VIVO BIOMARKERS OF HUMAN LIMBAL STEM CELL FUNCTION The Regents of the University of California GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER 3791 Final Rejection Dec 09, 2022
18008064 TRANSFER PROCESS TO REALIZE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES The Regents of the University of California HUNTER III, CARNELL 2893 Non-Final OA Dec 02, 2022
17924304 SAFE POTENT SINGLE VECTOR PLATFORM VACCINE AGAINST COVID-19 The Regents of the University of California QIAN, CELINE X 1637 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2022
17968556 WAFER SCALE PRODUCTION OF SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNESIUM DIBORIDE THIN FILMS WITH HIGH TRANSITION TEMPERATURE California Institute Of Technology WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A 1735 Non-Final OA Oct 18, 2022
17912821 PSILOCYBIN AND PSILOCIN CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING AND MAKING THE SAME Orthogonal Thinker, Inc. CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN 1655 Non-Final OA Sep 19, 2022
17801612 GROUP III-N LIGHT EMITTER ELECTRICALLY INJECTED BY HOT CARRIERS FROM AUGER RECOMBINATION The Regents of the University of California VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS 2828 Final Rejection Aug 23, 2022
17760479 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING SPLICING-DERIVED ANTIGENS FOR TREATING CANCER The Regents of the University of California JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2022
17870628 ULTRA NARROW BANDGAP NON-FULLERENE-ACCEPTOR BASED ORGANIC ELECTRONICS The Regents of the University of California CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 Non-Final OA Jul 21, 2022
17848736 STRUCTURE-BASED PEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATION The Regents of the University of California COFFA, SERGIO 1658 Non-Final OA Jun 24, 2022
17776943 STRUCTURE-BASED DESIGN OF THERAPEUTICS TARGETING RNA HAIRPIN LOOPS The Regents of the University of California HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 Final Rejection May 13, 2022
17772715 FORMATION OF MICROLED MESA STRUCTURES WITH ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION PASSIVATED SIDEWALLS, A SELF-ALIGNED DIELECTRIC VIA TO THE TOP ELECTRICAL CONTACT, AND A PLASMA-DAMAGE-FREE TOP CONTACT The Regents of the University of California MULERO FLORES, ERIC MANUEL 2898 Final Rejection Apr 28, 2022
17768182 METHOD TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF ALUMINUM-CONTAINING AND GALLIUM-CONTAINING LIGHT- EMITTING DEVICES USING SIDEWALL SURFACE TREATMENTS AND SIDEWALL PASSIVATION The Regents of the University of California WINTERS, SEAN AYERS 2892 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2022
17767824 POLYMERIC COMPOSITION Imperial College Innovations Limited BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2022
17766960 METHOD OF FABRICATING A RESONANT CAVITY AND DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR MIRRORS FOR A VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ON A WING OF AN EPITAXIAL LATERAL OVERGROWTH REGION The Regents of the University of California NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 2893 Non-Final OA Apr 06, 2022
17617777 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION OF NEAR INFRARED DEVICES The Regents of the University of California SUN, MICHAEL Y 1728 Non-Final OA Dec 09, 2021
17608706 METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE TISSUE SEALING PROPERTIES OF HYDROGELS AND THE USE THEREOF The Regents of the University of California WORSHAM, JESSICA N 1615 Final Rejection Nov 03, 2021
17509926 SCALABLE AND DISTRIBUTED MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK WITH UNIFIED ENCODER (SULU) California Institute Of Technology KAPOOR, DEVAN 2126 Non-Final OA Oct 25, 2021
17434863 SUBSTRATE FOR REMOVAL OF DEVICES USING VOID PORTIONS The Regents of the University of California NIELSEN, DEREK LANG 2899 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2021
17421573 DNA METHYLATION MEASUREMENT FOR MAMMALS BASED ON CONSERVED LOCI Illumina, Inc. LAFAVE, ELIZABETH ROSE 1684 Final Rejection Jul 08, 2021
17419641 DNA METHYLATION BASED ESTIMATOR OF TELOMERE LENGTH The Regents of the University of California SISSON, BRADLEY L 1682 Non-Final OA Jun 29, 2021
17352139 N-POLAR III-N SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES WITH WET ETCHING The Regents of the University of California XU, ZHIJUN 2818 Final Rejection Jun 18, 2021
17054714 NATURAL GAS CONVERSION TO CHEMICALS AND POWER WITH MOLTEN SALTS The Regents of the University of California LI, JUN 1732 Non-Final OA Nov 11, 2020

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